Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scrouge

/skɹaʊd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scrouge
IPA: /skɹaʊd͡ʒ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To crowd; to squeeze.

British usage; American usage; Colloquial; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Well, pretty soon the whole town was there, squirming and scrouging and pushing and shoving to get at the window and have a look[…]"
"I look for veiled eyes or bodies scrouged into a seat in an alien world."
"We stayed up till eleven, sitting on the stairs, on the floor, and scrouged into the day room, surrounded by stacks of GI clothes."

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly related to shrug.

Usage

Inflected Forms

scrouges (present, singular) scrouging (participle, present) scrouged (participle, past) scrouged (past) scrooge (alternative) scrowdge (alternative) scrudge (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce scrouge?: The recorded pronunciation is /skɹaʊd͡ʒ/.
What does scrouge mean?: To crowd; to squeeze.
Where does scrouge come from?: Uncertain. Possibly related to shrug.

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